> In any other software it would be an error, regression, bug.
How is "bug", literally an organism with a will of its own that you cannot control, any less of a weasel word?
> In any other software it would be an error, regression, bug.
How is "bug", literally an organism with a will of its own that you cannot control, any less of a weasel word?
You need to consult the etymology of the word bug in the context of computing. In the pre-historical times of vacuum-tube computers, with exposed conductors with potentials sometimes over 200v, a coachroach in the wrong place can definitely flip a few bits in the most benign scenario.
Right, yes, that's my point...you need to consult the comment you replied to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering)#History
But on reflection I don't disagree it was probably made for similar effect in the era of human software development. That sounds like it strengthens my point?
On the contrary I think it weakens your point.
People don't consider "bug" a weasel word, to the point that you yourself held it up as an example of not being a weasel word, despite it being a willful, uncontrollable organism.
I see no reason why "hallucination" won't become a similar piece of neutral jargon. It already is for many people, even if you're not (yet?) among them.
It becomes a neutral term because we are practicioners (presumably?) who benefit from it and have thus let it become habitual. I already admitted it was weasely upon reflection.
If you want this class of LLM error to also become habitual and neutral then fine, I don't, and I think many others don't.